Faucet for cheese apparatus.



. I Witnuoeo a I l v I I J. BRENSIKE. FAUGET FOR CHEESE APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 12, 1908.

941 ,694. I Patented Nov. 30,1909.

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JOHN BRENSIKE, OF HUS'IISIEORD, WISCONSIN.

FAUCET FOR CHEESE APPARATUS.

Original application filed August 4, 1908, Serial No. 446,906. Divided.and this application filed December 12,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

1908. Serial No. 467,235.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BRENSIKE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Hustisford, in the county of Dodge and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucetsfor Cheese Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for manufacturing cheese and hasreference more particularly to a faucet designed to be used as aconnection between a vat and a canal box, being divided out of myapplication filed August 4, 1908, Serial Number 446,906.

An object of this invention is to provide a suitable faucet or valve forfeeding the products from a vat to a canal box of a cheese makingapparatus, in order that a uniform flow of the material from the vatirrespective of the contents of the vat will result.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in whichFigure 1, illustrates a View in perspective of a faucet embodying theinvention; Fig. 2, illustrates a longitudinal vertical sectional viewthereof with the faucet opened; and Fig. 3, illustrates a similar viewshowing the faucet closed.

The faucet comprises in its construction a casing 9, rectangular incontour having an extension 10, which is designed to enter the side of avat or receptacle. The extension 10, is provided with an aperture 11,leading into the chamber 11 of the casing to permit the liquid to flowfrom the receptacle through the aperture 10, and chamber 11*, anddischarge from the end of the casing opposite the end containing therounded portion 10. The valve has a body 12, with a recess 14, thereinand a bottom 17. The valve also has a movable end 15, which is the valveproper, said valve being movable in the recess 14, through the medium ofa spring mechanism which consists of a pin 24 extending from the valvewhich is encircled by a spring 23 (said spring being held againstdisplacement by the pin 24), a rod 20 projecting into the spring at itsend opposite the pin and the nut 22 threaded on the rod 20 to adjust thespring. The rod is pivoted on the connection 16 which also forms a pivotfor the body 12. By reason of the spring mechanism, the valve is heldseated regardless of the wear on said seat.

The handles 18, are preferably resilient and bearing against the outersurface of the casing to such an extent as to retain the valve inadjusted position although the valve will also be .retained in adjustedposition by reason of the pressure of the spring 23, which forces thevalve 15, into contact with the valve seat 25, formed in the end of thecasing 9.

I claim 1. In a faucet, a casing having a rectangular recess therein anda valve seat at the end of said recess, a body in the recess of thecasing pivoted near the end of the casing remote from the valve seat,said body having its end at the valve seat open, a valve movabletherein, and means for holding the valve on the valve seat.

2. In a faucet, a casing having a rectangular recess therein and a valveseat at one end ofthe recess, a body in the recess of the casing pivotednear the end of the casing remote from the valve seat, the body having arecess opening through the end of the body remote from the pivot and avalve therein adapted to engage the valve seat.

3. A faucet having a casing with a recess, a body swingingly mounted inthe recess, handles secured to the body and adapted to frictionallyengage the outer walls of the casing, a valve in the body, means foryieldingly holding the valve in engagement with its seat.

4. A faucet comprising a casing having a hollowed out portion, a valveseat in said casing, a pin passing through the walls of said casing, abody in said casing pivoted on said pin, a rod pivoted to said pin andex tending longitudinally of said body, a spring on said rod, and avalve carried by said body, said spring adapted to force said valve intocontact with the valve seat.

In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN BRENSIKE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM I-IUTH, WILLIAM E. REIM.

